Episode 2

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A "gramophone record recital" is the Irish town's cultural highlight of 1953 - the start of something big? Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home. Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley Eithne Ni Phartalain ...... Marcella Riordan Aubrey Frawley ...... Dominic Letts Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes Director: Eoin O'Callaghan First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.